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Brachyrhopalinae

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Brachyrrhopalini was named by Hardy (1926). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Brachyrhopalinae by Dikow (2009).

It was assigned to Asilidae by Dikow (2009).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Brachyrhopalinae Dikow p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
subfamilyBrachyrhopalinae()
subfamilyBrachyrhopalinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Brachyrhopalinae Hardy 1926
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G. Holopogon Loew 1847
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Holopogon archilestes Hull 1960
Holopogon pilipes Loew 1850
G. Nicocles Jaennicke 1867
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Nicocles miocenicus Cockerell 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Rupelian or 37.20000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Dasypogon pilipes (109625)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Nicocles miocenicus (122742)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Montana) Holopogon archilestes (132747)